“Happy Halloween” from Google Earth…
Google Earth and a rather festive family from the Easthampton, Massachusetts area, that is:
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People have been having fun with Google Earth since it was introduced, and fortunately, much of that fun has been of the good, clean variety. This past June, even Disney introduced, in a partnership with Google Earth, a 3-D tour that lets users zoom-in and get an up-close view of the Disney World theme parks, including rides, attractions, and shops. It’s a small world indeed, as captured by this expert Google Earth navigator and blogger, Frank Taylor. I happen to like the cheesey Disney music, but for those of you who don’t, consider yourself warned:
Google Earth has also captured some not-so-savory moments, including a recent image of a 36-year-old Australian man named “Bill”. Having passed out cold on his front lawn after a night of binge drinking (Bill was drowning his sorrows after losing a good mate), Bill became an unwilling internet sensation in the land down under, and, although he never filed a formal complaint, the image has since been taken down from Google Earth.
You never know when the Google Earth van might be coming through your neighborhood, so be prepared. Wearing a t-shirt that reads “meta name=”robots” content=”noindex, nofollow” won’t stop you from being filmed (my attempt at SEO humor), so watch yourself. On that note, I’ll close with one of my favorite Google Earth images, the Morris Mini “parked” on the side of a building in Westenbergstraat, Netherlands. The head and tail lights light up at night:
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